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We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

Regulators recently penalized a mortgage firm for keeping a file of licensing-test questions to prep exam takers, the first public challenge to what is believed to be a hushed, but longtime, industry practice.

As banks have largely ceded the market for government-backed loans to nonbank lenders and servicers, it's fallen on Ginnie Mae to be sure that these nonbanks can meet their obligations to bondholders. It's a huge concern for President Ted Tozer, who says the company does not have the resources or manpower to examine these firms' finances.

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the latest segment of the list!

ON's 16th annual mortgage rankings show how the country's best loan officers made the most out of a tumultuous year for originators.

Independent lenders rebut suggestions that they pose a greater risk to FHA (and hence taxpayers) than the large banks.

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Congress should take the interests of small and midsized mortgage lenders into account as it weighs regulatory reform for community banks. Exempting smaller lenders from random CFPB audits would be a good start.

After drastic payroll reductions in December, lenders appear to be preparing for a better spring.

The shift in market composition is fueling concerns that if defaults rise, the Federal Housing Administration would have a harder time making lenders eat the losses on poorly underwritten loans.

The mortgage and title industries are creating training programs to teach those in the home sales process this is not just a swapping out of two forms for new ones.

The chance to earn higher compensation and the ability to offer more mortgage products is causing a growing number of loan officers to go out on their own.

Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of banks saw their production profits rise in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Some nonbank issuers of mortgage-backed securities are wrestling with capital pressures, and Ginnie Mae has cooperated with their efforts to sell chunks of mortgage-servicing-revenue streams to investors.

Fountainhead Commercial Capital has created a program designed to allow banks and credit unions to outsource Small Business Administration 504 loans.